[Web4lib] What to call the links

[Alan Cockerill]

I've had this bookmarked forever, it may help:

Library Terms That Users Understand 
John Kupersmith

http://www.jkup.net/terms.html

Cheers, Alan.

Alan Cockerill
Library Technologies Coordinator
James Cook University, Cairns 

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-
> bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Suelzer, Elizabeth
> Sent: Thursday, 1 May 2008 11:22 AM
> To: web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: [Web4lib] What to call the links
> 
> The library I work at is undergoing a site redesign. In the hopes of
> making the site more user friendly, we want to get away from using
> library terminology (when appropriate) and use terms that are more
> intuitive to our students. An example of this would be labeling the link
> to the catalog as "search for books" instead of "catalog," or saying
> "borrow from other libraries" rather that "interlibrary loan."
> 
> 
> 
> In your opinions, would this be helpful for college students, or do you
> feel that the term "catalog" is intuitive enough.  Will I be dumbing
> down our site, or will I make it easier to use? Also, do you have
> examples of how you have changed the language on your site to make it
> less librarianese and more consumer friendly?
> 
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Elizabeth Suelzer
> suelzer at msoe.edu <mailto:suelzer at msoe.edu>
> 
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